i can see people who missed it in the theaters who watch it on bluray....WTF??? there is no huge bear in this movie!!! they might as well have smaug descending from the sky above them too. take me down to the woodland realm where the trees are green and the elf women are pretty, oh will you please take me home!!

perhaps it's the studio's policy in general. Just checked the release date for another MGM movie, Skyfall and it's bluray comes out February 12 - pretty early too... All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost, The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

I guess they are just getting released much faster than they previously were in the past. Its not a bad things just for me i liked the little gap between the film being shown in the cinema and then being released on dvd/blu-ray as it makes the film seem fresher and builds some excitement.

Ultimately i am waiting for the EE anyway so it doesnt really matter to me, just thought it was something interesting to pondering on :)

I believe the average release of a movie from the time it hits theaters to the time it lands on blu is 120 days. Some may take longer if they're trying to release it during the Christmsa Holiday to get more sales. Some movies are also still in theaters in some locations even after landing on Blu like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises were both out well past the date they shipped.

Here in México The Hobbit is listed among the Warner titles to be released in March... So I guess it's real. "The World is Changed, I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air"

But I always blow it. I have every permutation of LOTR in original DVD, EE DVD, Blu-ray DVD, collection sets (so I could get those Argonath bookends). And it's going to happen all over again, because I just can't help myself. Crap. Looks like I'm going to need a bigger closet.

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Ultimately i am waiting for the EE anyway so it doesnt really matter to me, just thought it was something interesting to pondering on :)

I imagine the extended will come out next fall and the movie
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will be available for rental if I need a quick fix. I doubt the theatrical version will be sitting in the marked down bin anytime soon or on deep discount later in the summer.

Since LOTR, I prefer the extended versions and I hope The Hobbit versions will be equally satisfying. In fact, I think AUJ may benefit since the kind of "hurry" up feel to the production was evident and maybe some of the issues people have noticed will be "fixed" by the time of the extended release...as with LOTR when certain scenes were cleaned up...no cars in the background etc.